Transport & Distribution Management

The trading process triggers many logistic processes for which the same information is needed. Getting the goods from A to B can often involve a number of different players for a single journey. You will have to book the transportation you need. You will have to create and agree a shipment plan. You may need to use different modes of transport depending on the journey. You will need to establish the route for your shipment depending on the modes of transport you'll be using. You will need to communicate with the relevant carriers. You will also want visibility so that you can see exactly where your shipment is at any given stage of its journey. And, of course, you'll also need shipment documentation for all the carriers that handle your goods and all Customs areas they pass through.

Porthus' Transport & Distribution Management applications will make sure all this information can be handled efficiently and is disseminated to all the relevant logistics partners.

Our solution aims to create efficiencies in the transport and distribution process. By exchanging information electronically with your partners like LSPs and carriers, the process becomes faster and less prone to errors, reducing the effort spent on non-compliance and corrective measures.

By re-using information that was already sent by another party to the Porthus networked platform, you can reduce the manual, time-consuming and error-prone process of collecting and re-entering information from different sources. One example is to use the information from a purchase order for planning the shipment and operational transactions, such as bookings and transport instructions to the carriers.

With this application you can achieve very clear benefits in terms of reducing costs and improved customer service because of better planning and a more predictable shipping process.

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